| It is necessary in the study of
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| | his conscience. But what is it that makes
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| Karma-Yoga to know what duty is. If I
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| | an act a duty? If a Christian finds a
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| have to do something I must first know
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| | piece of beef before him and does not eat
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| that it is my duty, and then I can do it.
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| | it to save his own life, or will not give
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| The idea of duty again is different in
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| | it to save the life of another man, he is
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| different nations. The Mohammedan says
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| | sure to feel that he has not done his
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| what is written in his book, the Koran,
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| | duty.
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| is his duty; the Hindu says what is in
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| | But if a Hindu dares to eat that piece of
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| the Vedas is his duty; and the Christian
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| | beef or to give it to another Hindu, he
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| says what is in the Bible is his duty. We
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| | is equally sure to feel that he too has
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| find that there are varied ideas of duty,
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| | not done his duty; the Hindu's training
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| differing according to different states
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| | and education make him feel that way. In
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| in life, different historical periods and
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| | the last century there were notorious
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| different nations. The term "duty", like
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| | bands of robbers in India called thugs;
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| every other universal abstract term, is
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| | they thought it their duty to kill any
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| impossible clearly to define; we can only
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| | man they could and take away his money;
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| get an idea of it by knowing its
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| | the larger the number of men they killed,
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| practical operations and results.
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| | the better they thought they were.
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| When certain things occur before us, we
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| | Ordinarily if a man goes out into the
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| have all a natural or trained impulse to
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| | street and shoots down another man, he is
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| act in a certain manner towards them;
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| | apt to feel sorry for it, thinking that
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| when this impulse comes, the mind begins
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| | he has done wrong. But if the very same
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| to think about the situation. Sometimes
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| | man, as a soldier in his regiment, kills
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| it thinks that it is good to act in a
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| | not one but twenty, he is certain to feel
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| particular manner under the given
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| | glad and think that he has done his duty
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| conditions; at other times it thinks that
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| | remarkable well. Therefore we see that it
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| it is wrong to act in the same manner
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| | is not the thing done that defines a
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| even in the very same circumstances. The
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| | duty. To give an objective definition of
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| ordinary idea of duty everywhere is that
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| | duty is thus entirely impossible. Yet
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| every good man follows the dictates of
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| | there is duty from the subjective side.
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